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Mohsen Mirdamadi had been applauded as a hero by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini for helping to lead the takeover of the United States Embassy in Iran 30 years ago Wednesday. Today, he is in prison, accused of being an enemy of the state.

NATIONAL A report in The Caucus column on Thursday about the naming of David Huebner, an openly gay lawyer, as ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa misstated part of the name of the advocacy group for which he is general counsel. It is the Gay and...